We had a fabulous time getting together with you all for Night Out! Thank you to everyone who came out to support OFC.
If you couldn't make our event, please consider supporting our fundraising efforts by donating now and sharing the link with your friends, family, and professional networks.
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Exciting, news!
Our IVF insurance bill, SB 729, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. This is the farthest our bill has ever advanced, and it would not have happened without you and the 500+ advocates who contacted the Committee directly.
Our bill is now headed to the Senate floor, and we need your help again!
Please send this email to your State Senator to tell them why equitable access to IVF is important to YOU. After sending the email if you want to do even more you will have the option to be connected directly by phone to leave a message with your State Senator’s office.
We need as many Californians as possible to contact their Senators to vote AYE for this pro-family bill.
ACT NOW to bring us another step closer to helping Californians build their families.
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Trans March 2023 Youth & Family Space
Join Our Family Coalition as we celebrate the return of PRIDE with our kickoff event at Trans March in Dolores Park! We'll be hosting the Intergenerational TransNation Booth where you can learn about diverse gender stories around the world and add your own, create gender buttons to let the world know about your identity and your pronouns, speak with a voice coach who can help you shape your voice into the expression you want, and more!
Exact timing / booth placement details are subject to shift -- stay tuned, and we'll see you there!
Date: Fri, June 23rd
Time: 1P - 4:30P
Location: Mission Dolores Park, San Francisco, CA 94114
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SF LGBTQ+ Pride Parade 2023
Pride is BACK IN PERSON, y'all! Register now for OFC's family contingent in the Pride Parade! Afterward, be sure to visit OFC's Pride Family Garden at the Pride Celebration in Civic Center Plaza. Click here for more information about the 2023 San Francisco Pride Parade.
Stay tuned for more details about our contingent number and meet-up time!
Watch this safety training video if you're planning to march with us during the Pride Parade. Don't forget to wear comfortable shoes, and bring sunscreen, water, a hat, and a small bag to carry any belongings. Please note that if you plan on attending the Pride celebration after the march, you will still need to go through festival security, which prohibits bags larger than 18"x18".
Date: Sun, June 25th
Time: 10:30A • Parade begins - exact meet up time TBA
Location: Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94114
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What better way to kick off Pride than by snagging tickets to the world's largest and longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival, the Bay Area's very own Frameline?
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Family Matinee
Our Family Coalition is THRILLED to announce that we will co-present Disney Pixar's Elemental (watch the trailer here) as part of #Frameline47, one day after the film's official release date. Bring the kiddos and make the experience memorable by catching the FREE screening at the world's largest LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is an all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth-, and Air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Elemental opens only in theaters on June 16, 2023.
OFC has secured a limited number of FREE tickets for our families. Register through our website to receive the access code while spots last!
Date: Sat, June 17th
Time: 10:30A - 12:00P • Doors open 9:45A
Location: CASTRO THEATRE, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
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M is for Mothers
…and babies make four! Brazilian couple Melanie and Marcela turn to IVF to conceive and are ecstatic to learn that Melanie is carrying twins. Co-producer of A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here (Frameline46) and Flesh (Frameline44), director Lívia Perez follows Melanie and Marcela as they set off on a grand, lifetime adventure. Despite their happiness, each woman has her own worries.
Lívia Perez (Director) and Giovanni Francischelli (Producer) expected to be in attendance.
OFC has secured a limited number of DISCOUNTED tickets for our families. Register through our website to receive the access code while spots last!
Date: Sun, June 18th
Time: 6P - 7:25P
Location: NEW PARKWAY THEATER, 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
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20,000 Species of Bees
In her assured debut feature, director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren offers up a moving tale of identity, family, and transition through this sensationally moving character drama. With a naturalistic, delicate touch, Urresola Solaguren depicts a pivotal summer in the lives of a Spanish family vacationing in a sleepy village in Basque Country alongside their bee-keeping relatives.
OFC has secured a limited number of DISCOUNTED tickets for our families. Register through our website to receive the access code while spots last!
Date: Mon, June 19th
Time: 8:15P - 10:30P
Location: NEW PARKWAY THEATER, 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612
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Our Son
With an all-star cast that includes Billy Porter, Luke Evans, Andrew Rannells, Robin Weigert, and Phylicia Rashad, Our Son offers an absorbing take on familiar themes of parenthood and family through the eyes of a gay married couple on the brink of divorce. It’s a tale as old as time: fall in love, get married, have a baby, live happily ever after? For Nicky (Evans) and Gabriel (Porter), there’s an alternate ending to the 13 years they’ve spent together. Unhappy with not only his relationship but his place in the world, the only thing Gabriel is sure of is his devotion to the 7-year-old son he raised with Nicky. For Nicky, the news that Gabriel wants to get divorced comes as a shocking blow, forcing him to reevaluate other aspects of his life he thought he had a handle on.
Bill Oliver (Director) and Tyler Jensen (Editor) expected to be in attendance!
OFC has secured a limited number of DISCOUNTED tickets for our families. Register through our website to receive the access code while spots last!
Date: Sat, June 24th
Time: 5:45P - 7:30P
Location: CASTRO THEATRE, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
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OFC is looking for volunteers
Our Family Coalition is always seeking volunteers to share their talents, energy and ideas with us. You can assist at our various events or in the office, or help design a new project, publicity materials, or a campaign. We greatly appreciate an extra hand in supporting our work to promote a better world for all our families! Simply fill out our online volunteer application to get started!
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Access Free Therapy
OFC is very excited to share that we are now sponsoring individual, couples and family therapy for a limited number of clients. The spots will be first come, first served. Therapy will be provided by the Liberation Institute. To get the process started please fill out this Google Form someone will reach out to you to assist with getting an appointment scheduled.
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We provide BIPOC adopted youth ages 3-26 in California and their families with high-quality therapy services, online and in-person at our Emeryville office.
We know that finding the right therapist can be difficult, and finding someone who really “gets” the intersections of adoption, race, and parenting is critical to adoptees and their families.
We encourage interested families to complete the inquiry form now, as we typically have a waiting list and use the list to serve clients as openings become available.
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Our Family Coalition is offering 19 events in the month of June, both virtually and in person. OFC programs are free to the public, but do require registration. Click on the links provided to register prior to the event to ensure your space! Check out our calendar for events!
*Please note that the gated parking lot at the OFC offices will no longer be available during business hours. Parking stalls are all currently reserved by neighboring tenants in the building. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Weekly, IN-PERSON: SF - LGBTQ+ Parent-Child Playdate | Children 0-5 years | 11:30A-12:30P
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Description: We welcome parents and caregivers of children 0-5 years to our parent-child playdate. Join other LGBTQ identified parents in this weekly group to build community with other LGBTQ caregivers and families, share resources, and interact with their children to support their psycho-social developments, parent-child bonds, and protective factors that help strengthen our families. We will have facilitated circle time, snacks, free play, and community building.
This group will be facilitated by OFC Programs Coordinator Agua.
Dates:
06/09, 06/16, 06/23
Location: Our Family Coalition,
1385 Mission Street Suite 330,
San Francisco, CA 94143
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Weekly, IN-PERSON: OAK - LGBTQ+ Parent-Child Playdate | Children 0-5 years | 10:30A-11:30P
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Description:
We welcome parents and caregivers of children 0-5 years to our Friday morning parent-child playdate.
Be in community with other LGBTQ caregivers and families, share resources, and interact with their children to support their psycho-social developments, parent-child bonds, and protective factors that help strengthen our families. Our playdates are held weekly in both Oakland and San Francisco on Friday mornings. We will have facilitated circle time, snacks, free play, and community building.
This group will be facilitated by Mitali.
Dates:
06/09, 06/16, 06/23
Location: Destiny Arts Center
970 Grace Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608
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Bi-Weekly, IN-PERSON:
In-a-Pinch Childcare |
11A-2P
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Description: Feeling the pandemic fatigue? Need a break? Join us for our respite childcare offerings, available weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11AM-2PM. This essential on-site service will be held at our San Francisco office.
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Parents/legal guardians utilizing the In-A-Pinch childcare services must stay onsite at Our Family Coalition's facility. Parents/legal guardians may utilize OFC's resources, i.e. computer, telephone, family building books and information, gender-inclusive parenting materials, LGBTQ inclusive children's books, etc.
Dates: 06/06, 06/08, 06/13, 06/15, 06/20, 06/22, 06/27, 06/29
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Monthly, VIRTUAL: Prospective and Expectant Parent Peer Support Group | 6P-8P
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Description: Are you ready to start a family, but aren't sure where to begin? Or is a child on the way, and you want to connect with other queer and trans expectant families? Whether you're trying to conceive, using surrogacy, or going through the adoption process, come to connect with others and share what is on your mind in this peer support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer prospective and expectant parents! Our group meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 6-8 pm virtually through Zoom.
Date: 06/21
Location: Virtual
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Holidays & Days of Observation
Observances and holidays in June:
- June - LGBTQ+ Pride Month
- June 18 - Fathers Day
- June 23 - Trans March Youth & Family Space
- June 25 - SF Pride Parade & Family Garden
OFC offices will be closed on the following dates:
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Our Family Coalition is hiring!
We are currently seeking:
To apply please email your resume, cover-letter, references, and work samples (where applicable) to info@OurFamily.org Attn: Edee Moore.
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Our Family Coalition's Mission |
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Our Family Coalition (OFC) advances equity for the full and expanding spectrum of LGBTQ+ families and children through support, education, and advocacy.
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Our work is brought to you thanks to generous support from your donations,
and to the major funding partners below:
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with additional support from: |
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Ginna Brelsford & Jillian Marcellus |
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Katherine Delmar Burke School |
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• We give our respect to the Ramaytush and Chochenyo Ohlone people, on whose traditional and unceded land we are grateful to live and work, and on which our San Francisco and East Bay events take place.
• We strive to make our office and programs accessible to all families. Please let us know when you register what accommodations will help your family participate to the fullest. Read our Accessibility Statement here.
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